That works very well. Thanks Anthony!

On Feb 17, 8:16 pm, Anthony <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe do something like this in a model file:
>
> import os
> is_mobile_client = [code testing for mobile client goes here]
> if is_mobile_client:
>     mobile_view = '%s.mobile.%s' % (request.function, request.extension)
>     if os.path.exists(os.path.join(request.folder, 'views',
> request.controller, mobile_view)):
>         response.view = '%s/%s' % (request.controller, mobile_view)
> For any incoming request, it checks if a '[function].mobile.[extension]'
> view exists, and if so, it sets response.view to the mobile view. I haven't
> tested it thoroughly, but I think something like this would work.
>
> If all of your mobile-specific actions are restricted to a single
> controller, then I suppose you could put this code at the top of that
> controller instead of in a model file.
>
> Anthony
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> On Monday, February 14, 2011 3:47:54 PM UTC-5, Chris wrote:
> > Hi all,
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> > I'm making a site on web2py that has a mobile counterpart.
>
> > I'd like to be able to, once I've detected that a browser is mobile,
> > use a different set of views but share the same controller logic. I
> > saw that in an earlier post (http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/
> > browse_thread/thread/7277e92b03450784/9dd641c956bd6bc3?
> > lnk=gst&q=mobile#9dd641c956bd6bc3<http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/7277e92b03...>)
> > we covered the browser sniffing,
> > and got that working, but how would I be able to, for example, use
> > index.mobile.html instead of index.html if I detect the user is coming
> > from a mobile device?
>
> > Thanks
> > Chris

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